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The CIPD Learning and Development Show
The British Psychological Society’s Psychological Testing Centre (PTC) will be attending the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) Learning and Development Show, which is taking place at London Olympia on 30 April to 1 May 2014.
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Essential knowledge of psychometric measures & neuropsychology for practitioner psychologists
This two-day workshop aims to assist those psychologists who often work therapeutically with clients but wish to consider the impact of changes in brain function due to illness (physical-mental) or injury.
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What's inside a psychometric test?
You may have been asked to complete a test or questionnaire and wondered where these exercises come from, why they are used and whether they are used properly.
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Society statement on DWP jobseekers' test
Recently there has been controversy over a psychological test that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been using with jobseekers.
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Introduction to Talent Management for Occupational Psychologists
This event is fully booked. Talent Management is not something typically taught in OP programmes, but many of its elements can be found in selection, development, and motivational theories and practices.
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Expert Witness: The Use of Psychometric Assessments for Court (Level 4)
This event is fully booked. 
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Expert Witness: The Use of Psychometric Assessments for Court (Level 4)
This workshop provides  participants with the knowledge needed to use and provide expert testimony that incorporates the use of psychometric assessments.
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How not to spot personality test fakers
Personality tests are an effective recruitment tool: higher scorers on conscientiousness and lower scorers on neuroticism tend to perform better in the job. But a major weakness of such tests is people's tendency to answer dishonestly.
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Psychological testing: a new approach
Psychological testing is used in many walks of life to assess ability, personality and behaviour.
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Childhood self-control linked with later life
Psychologists have provided a dramatic demonstration of how childhood levels of self-control are linked with outcomes later on in life.
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Psychometric Testing: Therapeutic use of personality assessments (level 3)
This workshop will explore the issues around the use of personality tests and focus on giving a practical training in their clinical use with clients. The meaning of results obtained and their reliability will be discussed.
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Psychometric Testing: Understanding testing (level 1)
This workshop will explore the issues in the area of psychometric testing, particularly around the social construction of tests and their use as an aid to diagnosis.
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Psychological testing
The Society’s Psychological Testing Centre (PTC) provides information and services relating to standards in tests and testing for test takers, users, developers and members of the public.
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